Ruan Da, the chief steward of Shuifu, was not a day or two late, and also rushed to Yangzhou City, Fifth Brother Zhao had already let people inquire, I heard that Ruan Da had arrived, and hurried over to pay a visit, Ruan Da politely took it, I heard that Su Zicheng led the troops to fight outside, his face was full of disappointment, Fifth Brother Zhao smiled respectfully and enthusiastically and turned Li Xiaoyi's words, Ruan Da politely let the tea, but there was a faint arrogance in his politeness and said: "Thank you Fifth Brother, this matter is not in a hurry, I have to wait for the prince to come back, and I will talk about it when I see the prince, this is a big deal." Fifth Brother Zhao followed Shopkeeper Sun to open a wine shop in Taiping Mansion, and after several years of training, he immediately heard the meaning of Ruan's words, and hurriedly laughed and said: "What Uncle Ruan said is very true!" This is a big thing, Uncle Ruan is well-informed, what he said is that Uncle Ruan has been tired all the way, and the small ones will not be bothered much, if there are any orders, Uncle Ruan just sends people to the sheep's horn alley to find the small ones, the mouth of the alley, the first household is. Ruan Da laughed, Fifth Brother Zhao got up to say goodbye, Ruan Da stood up slowly, his feet seemed to be raised, Fifth Brother Zhao hurriedly stopped and said: "How dare you bother Uncle Ruan, the small one can't afford it, Uncle Ruan, please stay, the small one says goodbye, Uncle Ruan stays, stay!" Ruan laughed and raised his hand to let Fifth Brother Zhao go out, turned around and went in to take a bath and rest.

Fifth Brother Zhao turned to the street, looked down and thought for a while, stopped his steps, turned around and strode towards Li Xiaoqi's residence.

The little girl led Zhao Wuge into the inner hall, Li Xiaoqi was leaning next to Zhang Juju's case, carefully facing the account book covered with several cases, Zhao Wuge stood four or five steps in front of him, stretched out his head to look, and did not dare to disturb loudly, Li Xiaoqi finished a page of account books, raised his head, and looked at Zhao Wuge with questioning eyes, Zhao Wuge hurriedly arched his hand again, and told in detail about the visit to Ruan Da just now, Li Xiaoqi frowned, exhaled and waved his hand: "Then don't worry about it, just do what you have at hand do." Fifth Brother Zhao secretly breathed a sigh of relief, smiled and retreated: "Yes!" The little one doesn't bother the fifth master, and the small one retires. Li Xiaoqi waved his hand, lowered his head again and focused on the account books on the several.

Li Xiaoqi was psychologically for a few days, and finally sorted out the population and wealth of several states and counties, and ordered people to pass on Zhao Hongzhi, the governor of Chuzhou, and the new governor of Runzhou, Mingqian rushed to Yangzhou, plus Shi Yu, the governor of Yangzhou, called all the three of them, and retired from the small girls, leaving only the light moon to wait for tea. Li Xiaoqi let everyone drink the round of tea before he smiled: "Today, the three of them are invited to come, there is an important matter to discuss, the three also know, our Beiping and Wu Di are different, this wine, tea, folk brewing, planting, only by them, only salt is the same official sale, just into Huainan Road at that time I discussed with the prince, Huainan Road is returned to Beiping, this rule is not suitable to follow Wu Di, wine, tea official sales are not good to sell again, as for salt, the three of them all know, Lukang to the south to the north, are excellent natural salt farms, a little rectification can dry salt. ”

Zhao Hongzhi looked at Shi Yu in surprise, Ming Qian also looked at Shi Yu, but Shi Yu looked at Li Xiaoqi in surprise and said, "Both sides of Lukang are good salt farms?" Why haven't I heard of it? I mean••••••" Shi Yu felt that he was in a hurry to speak, and he was busy explaining, but Li Xiaoqi smiled and raised his hand to stop him and asked, "Has Lord Shi been to Lukang?" ”

"I've been there, but I haven't seen a salt pan ••••••." Shi Yu hurriedly replied, Li Xiaoqi pursed his lips and said with a smile: "It's all treasure land, just see if you can see it, I remember that there are a few families who cook salt and dry salt in the craftsman's booklet, Lord Shi went back to check, looking for an experienced master, the three of you go over with him to have a look, Lukang is also close to here, ride a horse to catch up, you can catch up in a day, and when we discuss it, you will take someone over to see." The three of them bowed slightly and agreed, and Li Xiaoqi continued: "This salt is the same, I have discussed it with the prince, and Huainan Road is also opened, but it is necessary to collect heavy taxes, as for how much to collect, the three adults will discuss it later, I mean, the place where the north and south of Lukang can dry salt, one hundred acres are set out, and the merchants of Huainan Road and Beiping compete for the price, and the three of them will also discuss it later. ”

The three of them listened attentively, Shi Yu looked at Li Xiaoyi, thought about it and suggested: "Fifth master, our Huainan Road is suitable for planting tea, there are many excellent tea mountains, wine and tea are naturally good, but if you let go of the meaning of •••••• Xiaguan, it is better to be the same as the salt field, and the annual price is not good for •••••• tea mountain!" Shi Yu said while thinking about it: "Tea Mountain should not change owners frequently, the original imperial court •••••• Wu Di State-Owned Enterprise, also originated from this, but wine has no such drawbacks••••••" Li Xiaoyi, Zhao Hongzhi, and Ming Qian listened to Shi Yu's words intently, Zhao Hongzhi's eyebrows were clumped, and two fingers quickly wrapped around his beard and said: "Lord Wang, I think Lord Shi's words are reasonable, it is not appropriate to let them all go, this tea mountain is sold for annual tax, and the salt farm can also be sold, that is, this wine, it is best to sell it every year, and it is in a famine year, but the war started, Less distribution can save a lot of food. Li Xiaoqi thought about it carefully and said with a smile: "It's also a good way, salt, wine, and tea, these three things, just give them to the three, don't worry, Lord Zhao and Lord Ming will stay in Yangzhou for a few more days, look around, and then carefully consider and discuss, discuss a detailed method, let's discuss, and then show the prince." The three of them simply agreed, and discussed some details with Li Xiaoqi in detail, until the evening, and the three of them withdrew.

Shi Yu and the other three people received the messenger, while checking around, accounting for various numbers, and looking for people to inquire and discuss various details, they were so busy that they couldn't sleep for a few hours a day.

It was the height of summer, the ground in Yangzhou was very hot, Li Xiaoqi woke up from a nap, took a bath, but it was not much, and he was sweating, so he simply went out of the yard, turned around in the garden, and finally found a cool pavilion everywhere, let people clean up, hide in the pavilion to escape the heat, the cool breeze blew through the lotus pond not far from the pavilion, with the fragrance of lotus leaves and lotus flowers, Li Xiaoqi sat on the couch barefoot, finally stopped sweating, looked at the account for a while, was sleepy and wanted to sleep, green orange wore flowers and willows came over and smiled: "Girl! Second Master Lu is here! I've already entered the second gate, and I've brought a girl! Li Xiaoyi's sleepiness suddenly ran clean, he hurriedly stood up, put on his shoes barefoot, and walked out with Qingcheng.

Lu Feng's clothes were half wet, he quickly flapped the folding fan, and was striding in, a woman with rough hands and feet and a rough face who couldn't tell her age followed him unhurriedly two or three steps, and then behind, a group of girls carried skirts, and followed with them even walking and running, wanting to scream but not daring to scream, not screaming and anxious, so break in, in case something happens•••••• those eldest sisters can be strict in the rules, start a fire, what's the matter!

Li Xiaoqi turned around a rockery, and saw that the fan was fanning as fast as his footsteps, and Lu Feng, who rushed in, stopped his steps with a smile, and Lu Feng saw Li Xiaoyi, with a strange scream, he didn't run, he jumped up, and shot at Li Xiaoyi, so frightened that Li Xiaoqi even took several steps back, and the woman who followed behind Lu Feng also jumped up exactly the same, and then fell exactly the same, just two or three steps behind Lu Feng, Li Xiaoqi looked at the woman with wide eyes, pointed and asked, "Your little aunt?" ”

"That's all she can do? She is the eldest disciple of my little sister, my junior sister! Lu Feng raised his thumb out, pointed at the woman and said, the woman smiled innocently and corrected first: "It's Senior Sister, I'm older than him!" You're the Fifth Master, right? He's so handsome! My surname is Liu, and the small character Xiuyun ••••••"

"You are a name, how can you have a word? Also small print! Lu Feng stepped back at Liu Xiuyun: "You wait a while, I'll talk about it first!" Li Xiaoqi looked at the two of them with a smile, Lu Feng pushed Liu Xiuyun back a few steps, turned back, tied his waist, looked Li Xiaoyun several times carefully, up and down, and exhaled: "It's okay, it's okay, I saw you thin last time, and this time I'm still thin!" ”

"So what's okay?" Liu Xiuyun answered in the back, and Lu Feng didn't look back, raising his hand and calling Qingcheng: "You! What's it called? Begonia? ”

"Back to the second master, my name is Qingcheng, not Begonia." Qingcheng replied with a smile and bent his knees, Lu Feng pointed his finger behind his shoulder and pointed at Liu Xiuyun and said: "Qingcheng's name is good, you take her to bathe, let her wash well, she smells of sweat, don't smoke you girls!" Just go! Qingcheng turned his head to look at Li Xiaoyi, Li Xiaoqi crossed Lu Feng and smiled at Liu Xiuyun: "Miss Liu, it's a hot day, you guys are rushing over again, why don't you let Qingcheng wait for you to wash and change your clothes, let's drink tea and talk?" Liu Xiuyun smiled heartily: "It's not that it's hot!" Then I'll go take a shower first, you talk. Lu Feng waved Liu Xiuyun out with two hands, and when he saw that she couldn't see her as Qingcheng turned the corner, he exhaled a long breath, crossed his waist, looked at Li Xiaoyi, and asked angrily, "Why are you here again?" Waiting for me? ”

Li Xiaoqi looked at him angrily and smiled and replied: "Well, it's not to wait for you, just for this, I deliberately knocked down the entire Huainan Road and waited for you!" Lu Feng suddenly became nervous, hurriedly put down his arm and turned left and right and asked, "What about the stone?" The porter said he lived here too? How do you live in a yard with him? Li Xiaoqi lowered his shoulders and sighed helplessly: "Your little uncle went out to fight, I don't live in a courtyard with him, who do I live with?" This Huainan Road has not yet settled down, and it is safest to follow him. Lu Feng breathed a long sigh of relief, and crossed his waist again: "It's okay, there will be me in the future!" Li Xiaoqi looked at Lu Feng carefully, compared with the last time he saw him, he was obviously much thinner, Li Xiaoqi waved his hand in front of his nose and smiled: "You are also sweaty, look, your clothes are soaked, I asked you to take you to the bath, change your clothes, let's drink tea and talk cleanly." ”

"Find me the yard closest to you!"

"Okay! Go for it. Li Xiaoqi readily agreed, and motioned for Liuyun to take him down to bathe and wash.